Trap.



J. F. DRAPER & J. J. TAGLAUER.

TRAP.

APPLIGATIONYI'ILED 001213, 1913.

1 1 08,724, Patented Aug. 25, 1914..

2 SHEETSr-SHEBT 1 4 E 12 I jg if W a .52 a a; .2632 30 2 912 2! 1w 2'73w Inventor-J Attorneys THE NORRIS PETERS C0,, PHOTO-LITHO. WASHINGTON.D. C.

J. F. DRAPER & J. J. TAGLAUER.

TRAP.

- APPLICATION FILED 0OT.13, 1913.

1 1 08,724, Patented Aug. 25, 1914 2 SHEETSSHBET 2.

a Z515 Z 0% JED/ 0,052 Jafimliky/dzzm Witnesses Inventor-5' AttorneysTHE NORRIS PETERS (ILL, HHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON, D. C.

by UNITED, s'raTEs PATENT OFFICE.

JoHiv'ronNEYnRArEn AND JOHN JACOB TAGL UER, or EDDYVILLE, IOWA.

TRAP.

. To a lZ whom-itmay concern:

YBe. it known that we, JorIN FoRNEY i DRArnRandJoriN J. TAGLAUER,citizens of t the United States, residing at Eddyville,

' in the county ofiWVapello, State of Iowa,

have invented .a new and useful Trap, of

l which the following is a specification.

' The device forming the subject matter of ,this application is a trapadapted primarily although notexclusively, to ,take rats, mice and thelike, although, by'varying the size of the structure, the same may bemade useful forother purposes. ;v

One object of the present invention is to provide novel meansfor'controlling the barriers which regulate the ingress of an animalinto the case and the egress of the animal therefrom. I t I Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a trap-of the sort abovementioned, in

which the platforms which control the barriers are, in turn, held inclosed position by I, a door. which forms a part of the trap.

, Another object of the invention is to provide a trap .which may bepositioned close to a vertical wall, thereby to receive animals ceeds,the invention resides in the combina;

moving along the vertical wall. I

They invention aims to improve generally and to enhance the utility of,devices ofv that type to which the present invention'appertains. t

With the above and otheraobjects in view which will appearas thedescription protion and arrangement of parts and in the details of.construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatchanges in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed canbe made with-- in the scope of what is claimed without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing ::Figure 1 shows the invention'inperspective, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section; Fig. 4 1s asideelevation of'the closure; Fig.6 is an endelevation of the closure; Fig.6 is a fragmental horizontal. plan of the trap, the platforms beingdepressed; Fig. 7 is a cross sectional detail showing the platformdepressed,

Specification of Letters-Patent. Patented Aug, 25, 1914,

Applieation filed October 13, 1913. Serial No. 794,957.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a case, denotedgenerally by the numeral 1, the same comprising side walls 2 and 3 andslanting end walls 4: and 5. Ex tended longitudinally'of the casel isapartition 6 which is located relatively near to Ithe'side wall 3. Thepartition 6 serves to divide the interior of the case into a runway 7and a compartment 7*, as will be .under-' stood best from Fig. 3. Thecaseincludes a bottom 8 ,whi'chextends from the Iside wall2 to thepartition 6, the runway 7 being open at thebottom saving as hereinafterdescribed. Access maybe had to the compartment 7 a to permit theentrapped animalsto pass therefrom, by, means of a door 9, slidablymounted orotherwise sup ported upon the end wall 4:, as shown'in Fig.

1. In the side wall 2 there is. an open ing 1O controlled by a grating11, the opening 10 serving to illuminate the compartment 7?. "In the endwalls 4: and'5, openings or doorways 12 are formed, the same givingaccess to the runway 7. These doorways 12 are located close to the sidewall 3, and con sequently, when the side wall 3 is positioned adjacentthe. vertical wall of a room or apartment, animalsitraveling along thefloor of the room or apartment and close to the vertical wall thereofmay pass into the case "1 through either of'th'e doorways 12. The

case 1 includes fixed top sections '14 and a ,lid 15 which is hinged asshown at 16 to one of the fixedtop sections.. The lid 15 be providedwith a bail or handled-7 andis held closed by means of a hook 33 or anymechanical equivalent therefor. 'In the intermediate portionjof thepartition 6 there'is a doorway 18, establishing a communication between,therunway 7 and the compartment 7 'A'bait basket l) extends between thepartition .6 and the side wall 3,

and islocated above the doorway 18. The

bait basket ,19is' open atthe top and when vthe lid 15 is raised, thebait maybe placed in thebait basket. Leaders 20 are secured to thepartition 6 upon opposite sides of the doorway 18 and extend into thecompartment 7. i

. Stap1es'21 or the like are inserted into .theupper e'dge of thedoorway 18 @10- sure 22 for the doorway 18 is provided,

and thisclosure 22 comprises, preferably, a single strip of material,bent. zig-Zag upon itself to form arms 28, the bends adjacent the uppercorners of the closurebeing en-, gaged, by twisting or otherwise, in thestaples 21 to form a pivotal support for the closure The resilientterminal arms 24 are bent to'lie at an angle to the plane of theclosureas will be understood best from Fig 5, and these terminal arms24-co'nstrtute latches, the functions of which will be .made out hereina fter. ,fBetween certain of the/arms. 2.3 of the closure 22,- counter- I weightsmay be lodged-f The several arms ofthe closure maybe connected by ties26 which may be in the formof twisted wires. A stop plate 223 extendsbe- -endsof the platforms 28 are disposed close together and are locatedadjacent the door'- way 18. Downward movement of the inner endofeaehplatform 28 is limited by a stop .pin 29 -wl1ich,.projectsinwardly from the side ,wall 3., necessary or eXpedient,the

I latferms 28 may be ,counterweighted as in- .dicated at 30. Beds 31extend between the.

partition Gand thes'ide wall 3. adj acent the openings .12. These rods31401 111 pivotal mountings for vertically meving barriers 32 wh iehcontrol the doorways 12. Theouter ends v of the platforms; 28are engagedbe neath the barriers 32,1 asvwill be understood 2 will, show, thebarriers 32' are adapted to close down on top" ofthe outer ends of theplatforms. v p

Str'ps or plates 34 extend between the lower portions of the doorways12. The

I'uppe'r end of each plate 34 is carried 111 wardly to form athreshold35 which also,

constitutes" a housing for thelower end of or strip 34 is'c'arriedinwardly as indicated ing end of the platform 28. In order to 'setthe'trap, the operation is V is lifted,,;theelesure swinging upon itspivotal mounting 21., In manne'r, the lower ends f thelatches 24 areswung. in-

' I wardly. ."Thehj, the couneerweiglaea outer ends or thep1'at'forrns28 will drop, as shew a;t the right hand end of 2, and thebar- "eiers as; will swing preparer-e131 into en 'p'e'sitiens. The innerends er the platforms best when the left hand end ofFig, 2 is examinedand, asthe right hand'end of Fig.

the barrier'32h- The lower end of the plate at 36'to form a housing forthe eorrespond asfollows T;he lower end of the closure-22 28 thus willbe disposed above the lower ends of the latches 24, the parts inquestion at the right hand end of Fig. 2. An animal entering; the casethrough, either of the doorways 12, will depress the inner ends of bothof the platforms 28, when the animal stands opposite to the doorway 18.When the inner ends of both of the platforms 28 vare depressed, theinner ends of the platforms will engage beneath the lower ends of thelatches 2 4, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the closure 22 tilting topermitthis operation. Whenthe inner ends ofthe platforms 28 aredepressed, theouter endsof the-platforms will be raised, and theclosures or barriers 32 will bedisposed as shown in Fig.

2 "at the left hand end thereof. Thus, the animal istrapped in therunway 7. The animal in the runway, being attraet'ed by the lightproceeding through the-opening 10,

will pass into the compartmentv7,beneath the'cl'osure22, the closurebeing raised. In this manner, the latches 24 will be" withdrawn from theinner, ends; offthei plaa forms 28and both anamain; assume the positionshown at the right hand end "of .Fig. 2, the trap thusbeing setautomaticallyr VVh'en the resilient arms 24 engage the edges of theplatforms 28, as

shown in Fig. 3, these arms '24 are under "sometension, due to theresenceof the weight 25 and thearms 24 "are flexed slightly.

Therefore, when either platfor'm28 is depressed, the correspondingarmwnrsna above the vplatform and hold the' sa-me depressed at its innerend, even though the other arm 24 may, still be bearing against the edgeof the other platform 28. I,

Having thus described the invention, fwhat is'claimed is ease; platformspi'voted in the case and cooperating art-heir outer ends with thebarriers to close the latter when the inner ends 'ofthe platformsare-"depressed; adoor'piw 'oted in the ease and provided with resilientar s, the arms being flexed against the edges of the platforms by theweight. of the door when'theinner ends of thepl'atforins are elevated,arms being adaptedfto'en age above the inner ends-of the platforms whenthe inner ends of'the platforms are depressed. Y 2. In a device of theclass desc ibed, a

case; a panties in the ease and dividin the case into a runway and acompartment, the partition having a doorway a barrier In a device of theclass described, a" case;.barr1ers controlling egress from the appearingas shown in Fig. 3 and as shown controlling the runway; a tiltableplatform e ierati'vel connected with the barrier a pivoted door for thedoorway, thedoor comprising seen-p or material farmed-into zig-zagoutline to define intermediate and as our own, we have hereto afiixedour sigtermlnal arms, one termlnal arm being disnatures 1n the presenceof two wltnesses.

posed at an angle to the plane of the door JOHN FORNEY DRAPER.

to define a platform engaging latch' and a counterweight held between apair (if the JOHN JACOB TAGLAUER' intermediate arms of the doorway; anda Witnesses: tie connecting the intermediate arms. Dr. E. M. KNOX.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing MACY KNOX.

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